Tonight, the second half of the 2019 Helpmann Awards were announced in Melbourne.
In case you missed it, Act 1 took place last night at an industry-only cocktail event and included the announcement of the first 20 awards.
Act 2 was a star-studded black-tie gala event hosted by comedian, writer and actor, Susie Youssef, and Artistic Director of State Theatre SA, Mitchell Butel. Twenty-three awards were presented this evening in the categories of comedy, cabaret, contemporary music, musicals, opera, classical music, theatre and ballet, dance and physical theatre. In addition, the 2019 JC Williamson Award was presented by Paul Kelly AO to the legendary singer-songwriter Kev Carmody, for his outstanding contribution to the live performance industry.
In a world-first, the cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child performed an exclusive montage from Melbourne’s Princess Theatre, which was beamed live to the Helpmann Awards at Arts Centre Melbourne’s State Theatre.
Belvoir Theatre Company was the big winner this year scooping a total of 13 awards. Counting and Cracking (Belvoir & Co-Curious) won 7 awards including Best Play and Barbara and the Camp Dogs (pictured above) won 4 awards including Best Musical and Best Female Actor in a Musical.
Brent Hill, School of Rock the Musical
Ursula Yovich, Barbara and the Camp Dogs
Prakash Belawadi, Counting & Cracking
Kate Mulvany, Every Brilliant Thing
Hannah Gadsby, Douglas
Ali McGregor, Yma Sumac
The Peruvian Songbird
Waangenga Blanco, Dark Emu
Tara Jade Samaya, Common Ground
Michael Honeyman, Wozzeck
Lise Lindstrom, Salome
David Byrne and Frontier Touring, American Utopia Tour 2018
Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), MONA FOMA 2019
Tim Minchin and Live Nation Australasia, Back
Asher Fisch, Tristan und Isolde
Gabrieli Consort & Players
Purcell’s King Arthur
Tristan und Isolde, West Australian Symphony Orchestra
Out Of Chaos…, Gravity & Other Myths
Aurum, The Australian Ballet
The Beginning of Nature, Australian Dance Theatre
Komische Oper Berlin’s The Magic Flute
Barbara and the Camp Dogs
Counting & Cracking
S. Shakthidharan and Eamon Flack, Counting & Cracking
View the 2019 Act 1 Helpmann Awards Winners List
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